Originally posted by steuben
you know. a site like that seems to generate an interesting question. who know more about american history, americans or everyone else?
Americans. However, I am sure that Canadians know a heck of a lot more about American history than Americans know about Canadian history. Even though we\'re so close to eachother, we\'re culturally very different and this is one of the ways that it manifests.
Americans think that they won the war of 1812.
Americans think that Canadians are Americans and America is really called \"The USA\". Calling \"The USA\" America can get a negative reaction from a US citizen.
Legal pot, gay marriage, war, and abortion are also social issues we tend to disagree on.
One problem about Canadians is that we tend to take a very \"holyier than thou\" attitude towards things. When something bad happens down south politically, we tend to go \"Oh, those Americans....\", despite our own flaws. Many Canadians don\'t know that slavery existed in Canada. Too many Canadians think that our social system is \"free because it\'s paid for by the government\", when they forget that the government gets it\'s money from Canadians.
But yeah, in terms of history and awareness of it, in highschool I was offered an American history course. Somehow I doubt that American highschools offer courses dedicated to Canadian history and politics. It\'s just not the way it works.
